Civil War

What was the primary reason that slavery became more widespread in the South than in the North?

• 1) The abolitionist movement was based in the North.

• 2) The textile industry was controlled by southern merchants.

• 3) Opposition to slavery by the Anglican Church was stronger in the North.

• 4) Geographic factors contributed to the growth of the southern plantation system.

Before the start of the Civil War, many Southern political leaders supported

• 1) States rights

• 2) higher tariff rates

• 3) voting rights for women

• 4) repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act

Sectional differences developed in the United States largely because

• 1) the Federal Government adopted a policy of neutrality

• 2) economic conditions and interests in each region varied

• 3) only northerners were represented at the Constitutional Convention

• 4) early Presidents favored urban areas over rural areas

The Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to

• 1) end fighting between midwestern farmers and Native American Indians

• 2) encourage manufacturing in the West

• 3) increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

• 4) settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between

• 1) proslavery and abolitionist groups

• 2) Spanish landowners and new American settlers

• 3) Chinese and Irish railroad workers

• 4) Native American Indians and white settlers

1) This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to which event?

• 1) passage of the Fugitive slave law

• 2) start of the Civil War

• 3) issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

• 4) enactment of the 13th Amendment

Abolitionists in the pre-Civil War period were most likely to support the

• 1) removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia

• 2) passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• 3) activities of the Underground Railroad

• 4) use of popular sovereignty in the territories

The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) was significant because it

• 1) allowed slavery in California

• 2) outlawed slavery in the Southern States

• 3) upheld the actions of the Underground Railroad

• 4) ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories

Which situation was the most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln’s election to the presidency in 1860?

• 1) Kansas and Nebraska joined the Union as free states

• 2) A constitutional amendment was adopted to end slavery

• 3) Missouri entered the Union as a slave state

• 4) Several Southern States seceded from the Union

Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 warning that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” referred to sectional differences over the

• 1) treatment of Native American Indians

• 2) issue of slavery

• 3) funding for internal improvements

• 4) treaties with European nations